[He can't even blink at that -- it's so very like how he is that Yu finds himself exhaling a dry laugh.
It's the rest of it that stings. If they had talked about this months ago, if they had showed these parts of themselves before it was too late...would they be in this situation in the first place? It hurts to think about, a deep ache that he can't quite reconcile with the brief hint of anger and frustration that wells up from that same place.]
You think you never need help handling those flaws. Look what happened.
[--oh. It's out of his mouth before he can think better of it. The anger is more like a spark than a flame though, and it dies, deflates, replaced by the bone-weariness that's been weighing his shoulders down for weeks.]
... Would Manjiro Sano have left to face all of that alone, too? Or was that the Invincible Mikey's choice?
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It's the rest of it that stings. If they had talked about this months ago, if they had showed these parts of themselves before it was too late...would they be in this situation in the first place? It hurts to think about, a deep ache that he can't quite reconcile with the brief hint of anger and frustration that wells up from that same place.]
You think you never need help handling those flaws. Look what happened.
[--oh. It's out of his mouth before he can think better of it. The anger is more like a spark than a flame though, and it dies, deflates, replaced by the bone-weariness that's been weighing his shoulders down for weeks.]
... Would Manjiro Sano have left to face all of that alone, too? Or was that the Invincible Mikey's choice?